Taj Mahal Cake

Taj Mahal Cake

Making replicas of the well-known buildings and landmarks from around the world can often be part of our cake decorating business. I’ve received many requests from people to make a tutorial of the Taj Mahal and the opportunity has finally come. This Taj Mahal Cake was made for Tina Scott Parashar’s second Incredible India cake collaboration. I am very honoured and humbled to be amongst many other cake artists who I admire and follow with great respect. I hope you enjoy this tutorial and learn something valuable from it.

What you’ll learn…

Self-made rubber stamping techniques

Light marbling

Blade marking for brick work

Marker pen drawing for ornamental work

Pin point template cutting

Fork marking

Using pastillage moulds

Using a plan for accurate measurements

DISCLAIMER: The majority of this tutorial covers how to make a Taj Mahal centerpiece from pastillage. Although there is no actual cake involved in this tutorial, Serdar explains how it can be incorporated with a cake.

Downloadable Course Material

If you would like to approximately match the size of the artwork in the tutorial, print the downloadable files at 100% size. If you require your artwork to be smaller or larger, just adjust the print size accordingly.

Taj Mahal Cake Course Material

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Track

Duration

Part 1

2:39:37

Introduction

2:13

Plan

9:38

Tools & Materials

8:52

Making Outer Floor

15:53

Making Other Floors & Rooftop

3:06

Making Walls

9:08

Making Background Stamps

5:54

Making Window & Door Backgrounds

9:06

Making Outer Wall

11:15

Measurement Correction

3:15

Cutting Kiosk Windows

4:47

Cutting Tower Base Fillers

3:34

Cutting Minaret Windows

10:54

Making Stairs

2:05

Making Dome Base

16:06

Making Minarets/Towers

6:32

Making Posts

5:27

Reusing Pastillage Filler

1:09

Making Small Domes

3:31

Making Centre Dome Mould

8:27

Making Centre Dome

9:21

Marking Centre Dome

4:08

Glazing Facade

4:15

Part 2

1:59:22

DAY 2 - Making Tower Balconies

8:49

Assembling Tower Tops

3:21

Assembling Roof Kiosks

7:27

Making Centre Dome Lower Ornamentation

9:56

Adding Door & Window Frames

7:55

Piping on Backgrounds & Posts

6:21

Drawing Decorations

7:49

Assembling Fence & Reinforcement

6:40

Adding Stairs & Outer Floor

3:16

Gluing Background Walls Together

5:53

Gluing Background Walls to First Floor

6:41

Adding Rooftop & Roof Balustrade

4:54

Adding Posts

6:07

Adding Towers

2:03

Making Tower Tops

10:23

Making Dome Top

12:13

Final Thoughts

3:55

Total Duration

4:38:59

While not everything on this list is absolutely required, these are the things used in this tutorial video.
Of course you are welcome to find alternative ways of doing things and we would love to hear if you've
discovered an easier method or better tool to achieve good results. Please note that some items may be listed as sets,
and it is usually recommended to have full sets, it may not be neccessary. In most cases, only one item from a set is actually used
in the tutorial. Please watch the tutorial before purchasing any items to make sure you are not buying anything you don't need.

16mm(thickness) by 55cm(length) by 55cm(width) covered with green velvet

A piece of wood coated with fabric and temporarily covered with cellophane to keep fabric clean until the cake is complete. For more information, watch our tutorial on how to cover a cake board with fabric .

A thick sugar paste, similar to gum paste, that can be molded into different shapes and forms. When dried, it is hard and brittle. Unlike gum paste, pastillage dries much quicker and stronger. Made with gelatine, water...[read more]

Royal icing is a hard white icing, made from egg white and icing sugar (mix or pure). A little addition of an acidic substance like lemon juice, citric acid or cream of tartar, the texture of the icing can be improved....[read more]

Tylose

Small amount to add to pastillage

8 Comments

I love this tutorial and I am going to try and make this 🙂 I have a question about the hair clipper guide thing you used for the flooring and I was wondering if you can use the smaller ones to do the brick lines then use the tool for inbetween or do you recommend doing it like you showed in the tutorial with the knife? I had a thought that you could possibly do many lines at once?